CASology #105

Welcome to Week 105 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

There seem to be an endless number of run/walks for different charities, especially for breast cancer charities.  I'm currently in training myself to run my first 5K in October and I'll be raising money for 2 cancer charities.  I wanted to make a card that I could send out to people as a thank you for their donations and this week's cue word gave me the push I needed to get it going.  And now it's your turn to get going!  Check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the design team and then get crafting!  

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

Judy Marino

Meghan McMillan (Taking a break)

Gillian Ross

Kimberley Wiener

Joyce Mehrberg

May Sukyong Park

And this week's guest designer:

Meg

And our July guest designer:

Lindsey

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CST).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Smokey Slate, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sneakers & sentient from Hope) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Letters) Mama Elephant

Marker:  (Pretty in Pink) Stampin' Up

ColourQ & Curtain Call

***This is my second post for the day.  For my Colour Me post please scroll down or 

click here!***

Hi again!  I've had a fabulous day in the Craft Cave today and have lots of cards to share over the next few days.  I'm starting with a card for the current ColourQ and Curtain Call challenges.  I used all five of the colours from the ColourQ palette and I thought a celebratory card would be good for Curtain Call as it's their 1st anniversary!  I used these new (to me) Papertrey Ink dies to create a festive background and added some balloons.  I love the mixed fonts on the sentiment too - so fun! Hope you've all had a lovely day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Lucky Limeade, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Birthday Style) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (IVersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Balloons & streamers from Birthday Style) Papertrey Ink

Twine:  (Charcoal) The Twinery

Stitched Flowers

Hello, Monday!  I'm playing along with the current Colour Me… challenge.  I finally got the Papertrey Ink Solid Stitches and Swirls stamps to go along with the original Stitches and Swirls set.  I love them!  So much fun to layer!  I chose to only layer some of the flowers and leaves here and love the contrast with the ones that I only stamped with stitches.  I coloured some gems with my Island Indigo marker to use in the flower centers.  This is such a great trick.  You never have to buy anything but clear gems because you can customize them any way you need to with markers!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Stitches & Swirls, Solid Stitches & Swirls) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (Island Indigo) Stampin' Up, (Unicorn) Hero Arts

Marker:  (Stampin' Write Island Indigo) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

Card Concept & PS Sparks

***This is my second post for the day.  For my Muse/CAS on Sunday card please scroll down           or click here.***

Hi again!  I'm back with another two for one challenge card.  This time I'm playing along with The Card Concept's colour challenge and Paper Smooches Sparks's Anything Goes challenge.  As well as the colour combo for The Card Concept I also took inspiration from the chevron pattern on the bed spread and used a Studio Calico mask to create my background.  I wanted the sentiment to really pop so I layered these fun Paper Smooches dies with foam tape and let them hang over the edge of the card.  What do you think? Does it scream fun and awesomeness?  :)  (And I think this fits into the Clean and Layering category).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Poppy Parade, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Sentiment Sampler) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bermuda Bay) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Bam Bubbles) Paper Smooches

Stencil:  (Chevron Mask) Studio Calico

Gems:  Recollections

Muse & CAS on Sunday

Hi there!  This is my first of two posts today. I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours in the Craft Cave this morning between swimming Atticus and going for lunch with some friends.  I'm playing along with the current Muse challenge as well as the new CAS on Sunday challenge.  Therese is the Muse this week and gave us this gorgeous one layer card that she stamped and highlighted with coloured pencils.  I decided to CASE it pretty closely. I've used the same WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals stamps and just flipped the design upside down.  I think I've only used these stamps once or twice so it was good to dust them off.  I also played some more with my Hero Arts inks - such yummy colours!  The CAS on Sunday challenge is to create a sympathy card and this Altenew sentiment is my new go to choice for the occasion. Hope you've all had a lovely weekend!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Flowers & leaves from Fresh Cut Florals) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Ori Kami) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bubble Gum, Raspberry Jam, Green Hills, Forever Green) Hero Arts

Gems:  Recollections

A Scattered Hi

Hi there!  I'm popping in today with a card for the current Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.  It's a Picture Perfect challenge this week and the photo is a trio of sweet striped mason jars.  I took my inspiration from the stripes, the twine and the colours on the tag.  I used all the letters from the Alphawhimsy die set - that doesn't happen very often! Hope you're all having a good week!

  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up, Vellum

Stamps:  (Mason jar from Crystal Clear) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Clear) Ranger

Dies:  (Alphawhimsy) Paper Smooches, (Horizontal Stripes) Papertrey Ink

Twine:  Darice

Rainbow Air Vent

Wednesday is upon us already.  Ack!!  I'm joining The Cutting Edge Challenge and the Virginia's View Challenge to use die cuts.  The inspiration for TCEC is this gorgeous card from Lisa Addesa.  I'm a huge fan of her work so I was excited to play along.  I was inspired by the rainbow colours, the horizontal panel and the embossed card base.  I decided to add an extra pop of red and layer a sentiment flag over the panel and finally I topped the rainbow off with some matching rainbow gems.  Sweet and simple.  Hope you have a lovely day!         

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Word Salad) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Air Vent) Simon Says Stamp, (Flag Tags) Paper Smooches

Embossing Folder:  (Linen & Canvas) Papertrey Ink